VOYA vs. SLF, PUK, CRBG, AEG, RGA, PRI, GL, JXN, LNC, and FG
Should you be buying Voya Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Voya Financial include Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Aegon (AEG), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), Jackson Financial (JXN), Lincoln National (LNC), and F&G Annuities & Life (FG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Voya Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Sun Life Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Voya Financial and 10 mentions for Sun Life Financial. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Voya Financial has a net margin of 10.48% compared to Sun Life Financial's net margin of 8.94%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 16.97% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.
Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Voya Financial. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Life Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Voya Financial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Voya Financial presently has a consensus price target of $83.44, indicating a potential upside of 11.99%. Sun Life Financial has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.58%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Voya Financial.
Voya Financial received 98 more outperform votes than Sun Life Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.71% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 62.36% of users gave Sun Life Financial an outperform vote.
Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Voya Financial pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial pays out 60.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Voya Financial beats Sun Life Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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